Vietnam: Management of construction norms

According to Circular No. 09/2019/TT-BXD of the Ministry of Construction of Vietnam, the set of construction norms shall be comprised of basic norms, construction estimate norms and cost norms, subject to Article 13 and Article 14 of Decree No. 68/2019/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government. Approaches to determination of construction norms shall follow the instructions given in the Appendix No. 6, 7 and 8 hereto.

Management of the set of construction norms shall be subject to Article 15 of Decree No. 68/2019/ND-CP, and the following regulations:

- New construction norms are construction estimate norms that have not yet been included in the issued construction norm set or construction norms already have their names in the issued construction norm set, but have other construction technologies.

- Adjusted construction norms are the norms adjusted in terms of depreciation components, norm values of the construction norms that have already been issued in conformity with construction conditions or measures or technical requirements of specific works or all of these three elements.

When using the construction norms mentioned in clause 1 and 2 of this Article for determining the bills of lading, but higher than the bills of lading to which the issued norms are applied, project owners/investors must report to the investment decision makers or the Minister of Construction or the Minister of the Ministry in charge of specialized construction works, the Presidents of the provincial People's Committees authorized to undertake construction and investment projects under the Prime Minister’s central decision-making authority shall seek agreement with the Ministry of Construction before putting these norms to use.

View full text at Circular No. 09/2019/TT-BXD of the Ministry of Construction of Vietnam, effective from February 15, 2020.

Thu Ba

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